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Originally Posted by Neverna
It is that blob in the centre of the pic. Best I have been able to get with my phone. They don't stay still for long. There is a female too and they are often together. After reading about them I saw it suggested that the Eclipse males were non-breeding. Maybe correct but he has a girlfriend.
Probably an Asian Rice Frog. Small and agile, difficult to snap. This one backed itself into a safe corner with some random dog hairs.
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The rose was a gift from daughter to mother earlier this year, first flowers
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I think this is probably a Siamese blue crested lizard (Calotes goetzi) (กิ้งก่าหัวสีฟ้า, ging ga hua si faa), despite not being particularly blue.
Any confirmations or alternative identifications are welcome.
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The Asian Hornet nest on one of our boundary walls isn't getting any smaller, M'Sahib is about to try to get them to relocate rather than have them killed. I will watch with interest, and from some distance.
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That's quite a beast, not sure how they will move.
Those things have been visiting my banana trees, they like the flowers. I am happy to say that the nest is not in my garden, they fly in and out over the wall. If I knew where the nest was then I'd stay very far away. Good luck with the nest relocation.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAG
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^^ How on earth is she going to do that?
Apparently it will involve dripping a mix of water and peppermint oil on the nest when it's dark. She's got something rigged up and a long stick. I will watch with avid interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by hallelujah
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Originally Posted by PAG
I was thinking something along the lines of this. :)
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Smoke them out PAG, at a distance naturally.
That's a good size nest. Personally you need to eradicate it. Those hornets are extremely aggressive. They also kill honey bees which pollinate fruit trees.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAG
I have had to destroy 2 nests in my years here. Best and safest way is to approach at night, spray with gasoline from a squirt bottle and with a long stick, light on fire. The nests burn very fast.
Good Luck
Is there something we should know about you JP?:)
As in, am I a hornet killer?.....Why Yes I am. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe 90
After my niece was relentlessly attacked by them after accidently hitting a shrub they had built a big nest in, I immediately eradicate (Only if on my property). There is no relocating them. They are not like a honey bee hive where you can smoke out the queen and just move the colony.
Reminds me of something I did to eradicate red army ants in the family garden in Africa.
I poured a gallon of petrol into the centre of the nest and lit it.
Jeez the flames sprung up all around shooting from holes in the ground a good 4m radius.
Bloody scared me for a few seconds till the initial flame subsided. :)
My Momma always told me not to go stirring up a hornet's nest.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by PAG
I found it to be good advice , I am happy to see you are adhering to it , and wish your wife would also.
Though your wife might be a good Buddhist, I find it hard to believe the Hornets are.
Nuking them I believe would be the better part of valor .Buddha , a slow moving guy himself, would understand.
Also getting them to move could mean they might be moving to someone else's house. Ohhhh , bad karma me thinks.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
The issue with the Asian Hornet is they attack in numbers and their venom is quite powerful and they are relentless. If one has any issue with a reaction from a sting they can die. Buddha or not, Its either me or them and while I am not a proponent of just killing to kill, in this case they can be present a serious issue. It may not be a problem for Mr. and Mrs. PAG but what about an unsuspecting guest or animal.
Just eradicate and move on. Fire is the only way. If you ever cross section a nest, they are very well made and fortified to protect from pesticides and intruders and the queen is in the center.
^ I would move or protect any nest other than the Asian Hornet. I'd get it destroyed.
Im not allergic to bee stings but one of them hornets sent me to hospital in an ambulance.
Well, at least they have a caring side.Quote:
Originally Posted by marcusb
It's potentially quite serious, I shouldn't laugh. But this was funny and I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by hallelujah
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Originally Posted by hallelujah
555555 yes!
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Aquaponics setup in my brother's house. About 15 Koi in the pond below the lettuce.
About 75 heads of lettuce, 3 weeks old.
An update on this. M'Sahib has relented and abandoned the notion of some form of humanitarian relocation. Someone she knows, who knows someone else, is apparently coming tomorrow (Sunday), presumably in the evening, and I could be witnessing a massacre of sorts.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2